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Readings

Kana: ケイ、キョウ、きみ
Romaji: kei, kyō, kimi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

you, lord, secretary, state minister

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  26
Frequency:  2138
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-9
Korean Reading:  gyeong
Chinese Reading:  qing1
Unicode:  537f
JIS:  362A

Indexes

Nelson Index: 813
New Nelson Index: 642
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2e10.1
Four Corner Index: 7772.0
Japanese Names Index: 1865
Daikanwanjiten Index: 2877X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0642
Remembering the kanji Index: 2898
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 574
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2907
Kodansha Kanji Index: 769

Words

(きょう、けい)
lord; sir; state minister (i.e. under the ritsuryo system); you (in reference to someone of lower status)
公卿 (くぎょう、こうけい、くげ)
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
九卿 (きゅうけい)
nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government); nobility
六卿 (りくけい、りっけい)
six ministers (of the six Zhou-dynasty Chinese ministries)
三卿 (さんきょう)
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
枢機卿 (すうききょう、すうきけい)
cardinal (Catholic church)
卿相 (けいしょう)
court nobles and state ministers
慶雲 (けいうん、きょううん)
auspicious cloud; Keiun era (704.5.10-708.1.11); Kyouun era
御三卿 (ごさんきょう)
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
月卿雲客 (げっけいうんかく)
court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace
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